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Ulysses

selfabuse, perversely idealistic in consequence, a reformed
rake, and has metal teeth. In consequence of a family
complex he has temporarily lost his memory and I believe
him to be more sinned against than sinning. I have made a

pervaginal examination and, after application of the acid
test to 5427 anal, axillary, pectoral and pubic hairs, I
declare him to be virgo intacta.
(Bloom holds his high grade hat over his genital organs.)
DR MADDEN: Hypsospadia is also marked. In the
interest of coming generations I suggest that the parts
affected should be preserved in spirits of wine in the
national teratological museum.
DR CROTTHERS: I have examined the patient’s
urine. It is albuminoid. Salivation is insufficient, the
patellar reflex intermittent.
DR PUNCH COSTELLO: The fetor judaicus is most
perceptible.
DR DIXON: (Reads a bill of health) Professor Bloom is
a finished example of the new womanly man. His moral
nature is simple and lovable. Many have found him a dear
man, a dear person. He is a rather quaint fellow on the
whole, coy though not feebleminded in the medical sense.
He has written a really beautiful letter, a poem in itself, to
the court missionary of the Reformed Priests’ Protection

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